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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. BISSET, Jr. RECORDER FOR CARS, &0., TO DENOTB THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND THE DISTANCE AND TIME HIDDEN.

No. 347,153. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

N. PETERS Phowulho m ner. wmingmn, D. C.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

J. BISSET, Jr. I REGORDER FOR CARS, '&0., T0 DBNOTE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGBRS AND THE DISTANCE AND TIME RIDDEN.

No. 347,153. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

N. PETERS. Pnulo-uihogrnpher, Washmbnn, 0.1;

(No Model.) 3 SheetsSheet 3. J. BISSET, Jr.

RECORDER FOR CARS, &c., T0 DENOTE THE NUMBER OF PASSBNGBRS AND THE DISTANCE AND TIME HIDDEN.

No. 347,153. Patented Aug. 6.

N, PETERS, Phclo-Liliwgmph v Washinglnn, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT JAMES 'BTSSET, JR, OF ABERDEEN, COUNTY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND.

RECORDER FOR CARS, &c., T0 DENOTE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND THE DISTANCE AND TIME HIDDEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,153, date]. August 10, 1886.

Application filed July 27, 1885. Serial No. 172,791.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James BIssET, JR, of No. 10 North Broadford, Aberdeen, county of Aberdeen, Scotland, engineer, have invented Improvements in Apparatus for Recording the Number of Passengers and the Time or Distance Traveled on Tramway-Oars and other Oonvcyances, of which the following is a specification.

By the ingress and egress of passengers a screw is made to revolve, whereby a pencil is raised or lowered upon a suitable diagrampaper which is fixed to a revolving drum or cylinder, the result being an accurate diagram from which the number of passengers and the time or distance traveled can be readily ascertained.

The means by which the above result is obtained is as follows: The apparatus, as applied to a tramway-car, consists of two shafts vertically placed, one on each side of the entrance. These shafts are connected at the lower extremity, and under the tloor of the car, by two wheels or pinions, so that they shall both revolve together. On these shafts, and at a distance of three feet or three feet six inches above the floor, are fixed four protruding arms at right angles to the shaft and at right angles to one another. Two of these arms, one from each side, protrude into the doorway, so that when a passenger enters the car the arms are caused to turn inward. and the following two arms, one from each side of the door, protrude into the doorway, there not being room within these arms to admit more than one person at a time, and in consequence the shafts on which the arms are fixed have to turn onefourth 0f arevolution inward or outward as every individual passenger enters or leaves the car. On a counter-shaft connected by a pinion to one of the wheels a screw is cut of half-inch pitch. On this screw is fitted a nut or holder adapted to carry a pencil, so that when the shafts turn inward or outward the pencil is caused by the screw to rise or fall one-eighth of an inch with every fourth of a revolution of the shafts, the pencil-marks on a diagram-paper divided into as many parts as the number of passengers that can be carried on the car. These parts (No model.)

or divisions are one-eighth of an inch apart, so that every time a passenger enters or leaves the car the pencil moves up or down one of these divisions. The diagram-paper is fixed to a drum or cylinder eight inches in diameter, or any suitable size, which is made to revolve by clock-work, or by being in connection with the shaft on one of the sides of the doorway. At the end of the day the diagram-paper is taken oii' with the days work on it and a clean diagram put on for next day, or as the arrangement may be.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved apparatus as constructed for a conveyance carrying a number of passengers going different distancessuch conveyances, for example, as tramway streetcars and omnibusesand in which the said passengers are charged according to the distance so traveled. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the recorder on a large scale. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the pencilholder. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the recorder-block. Fig. 7 is a side view of the same. Fig. 8 is a side view of the hand-lever.

In applying my present improvements to tramway-cars, omnibuses, and like vehicles, I arrange the two vertical shafts a, Fig. 1, one on each side of the entrance thereof, and provide each such shaft with four arms, I), which may be of any convenient length, and extending in such direction that upon any persons entering or leaving the said vehicle the two shafts (t, by their then inwardly-projecting arms I), are caused to make one-fourth of a revolution. The two shafts a rotate in unison, by reason of their lower ends being connected by the gear-wheels c, which are necessarily of equal diameters. The shafts a revolve in and are supported upon the metal plate (2, which is recessed or sunk into and is level with the surface of the fioor of the conveyance, and the said shafts a are maintained in their vertical position by the cast-iron brackets c, which are scoured to the woodwork of the conveyance, and in which the upper ends of the shafts c are free to rotate. The gear wheels c are arranged beneath the floor, and one of these wheelsis in gear with the small toothed pinion f, as shown more particularly at Figs. 2 and 4 of the annexed drawings. This pinion-wheel j, which is preferably one-fourth the size of the wheels 0, is secured to the lower end of the shaft 9, upon which the screw 9 of the recorder, Fig. 4, is formed, the said screw 9 having preferably eight threads per inch, so that when the arms I) are moved through one-fourth of a revolution the pinion f is caused to make one complete revolution, and thereby a pencil-holder, which is hereinafter more particularly described, and which works on the said screw g, is moved vertically upward or downward to the extent of one-eighth of an inch.

In place of operating the pencil-holder of the recording mechanism in the manner herein last described, I may operate it by a screw formed, preferably, upon the upper part of one of the shafts a, and of half-inch pitch, so that the said pencil -holder is moved through a vertical distance of one-eighth of an inch at each quarter-revolution of the shafts a,- but I prefer to operate the said recorder through the pinion f, as hereinbefore described, and arrange the recorder beneath the seat of, or other convenient position within, the conveyance.

The bosses h of the two toothed wheels are made square, and a spring bar or rod, i, which is secured to the projection j, formed on the metal plate d, and which bears on the sides of these squared bosses h, checks the shafts a at every fourth part of their revolution.

The recorder, as hereinbefore described, is preferably arranged beneath one of the seats of the conveyance, and is there locked or otherwise secured against any outside interference. The vertical shafts a and the arms 12 are inclosed in the wood-work of the conveyance in such manner that the only parts exposed are the two then inwardly-projecting arms b, protruding from each side of the entrance.

With reference more particularly to Figs. 3 and 4 of the annexed drawings, it is seen that upon the counter shaft, 9', on which the screw 9 is formed, there is asecond screw, it, cut, preferably,offive-eighths of an inch pitch. Between the threads of this short screwed portion In the pin Z (see more particularly Fig. 7) is held, the said pin 1 being formed in part with the block m, which is guided by and is free to move vertically between the guides n, and is provided at its front side with the inclined slot 0. In this slot a pin, 19', is caused to work, the said pin being formed in part with the plate 19, which is pivoted at a to any convenient fixed part of the frame or case of the recorder. Upon pins qand 1", respectively,

' mounted in this plate 19, the pawls q and r are pivoted, and the swinging motion imparted to the plate 1) through the slot 0 and pin 1) causes one of the said pawls to engage with the ratchet-teeth s of a toothed rim, 8, on the drum t, and to move the drum t, with which.

the rim is preferably formed in part, through a distance corresponding to the length of one of the said teeth. This motion is imparted to the drum t through one of the pawls-say the pawl marked qwhen the shafts a are first turned inwardly-that is to say, when a passenge'r enters the conveyance-no further motion being imparted thereto by any passengers other than the first one entering; but upon eighths-of-an-inch parts as there can be pas sengers carried in the conveyance. The pencil-holder o engages with the screw g, and is otherwise guided by the vertical rods w, Figs. 3 and 4, upon which the eyes y, Fig. 5, slide.

Suppose one passenger to enter the conveyance after it has been emptied of all or any of its former passengers, this first-entering passenger causes the drum t to be moved forward, and at the same to raise the pencil a one-eighth of an inch, so that a short oblique pencil-line extending upward is formed upon the diagram-paper w. Should any more passengers follow this first without the intervention of any outgoing passengers, the pencilline is only extended vertically upward to a length corresponding in eighths of an inch to the number of passengers so entering, the first movement of the shaft 9 only operating by its screw-thread 7c and block or to advance the drum. One of the passengers leaving the conveyance moves the shaft 9 in the opposite direction and lowers the block, and the drum tis moved forward and the pencil u downward, so that a short oblique pencil-line extending downward is the result. Should.any more passengers leave the conveyance at the same time, the pencil-line is extended vertically downward to a length corresponding in eighths of an inch to the number of passengers so leaving. It will thus be seen that the drum is advanced one tooth only while the shaft 9 is rotated in one direction, and is only advanced another tooth when the shaft 'is next rotated in the opposite direction, the drum being stationary while the shaft continues to move in the same direction. Should the passengers entering and leaving the conveyance do so alternatelythat isto say, should one enter, a second leave, a third enter, a fourth leave, and so on-the result upon the diagram-paper to would be a horizontal zigzag line, because the block would be moved up and down with the alternate up-and-down movement of the holder, thus advancing the drum one tooth at each single alternate oscillating movement of the shaft g forward and Y backward.

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The lever .2", Figs. 8 and S, is in connection with the bell-pull, by which the tramway-car conductor, guard, or other attendant connnunicates with the driver at the stopping stations or stages to inform him to proceed on the next stage of thejourney. This lever 2 is pivoted at a, and at or near the end thereof the pawl Z) is pivoted in such manner that when the lever z is pulled in the required direction it moves the drum t forward a distance equivalent to the length of one tooth, s. This movement of the drum produces a short horizontal pencil-line upon the diagram-paper w, as shown at c, Fig. at, and should any passenger enter or leave the conveyance at such a stage this is shown by vertical or oblique lines, as hereinbefore described, the said vertical or oblique lines being before or after the horizontal line, according as the passengers eutered or leftthe conveyance before or after the lever Q was pulled.

The mechanism of the recorder is contained within the casing (7 the interior of which is accessible, by reason of the upper part of the u said casing d being detachable therefrom, the

said part being secured in position by means of pins or catches c engaging with the upper ends of the tie-rods c.

It is to be understood, in place of using two vertical shafts,a,and sets of arms I), as hereinbefore described, that I may use one such shaft with the arms I), of sufiicient length to extend across the whole width of the entrance to the conveyance, this construction of mechanism being preferable when space is of small importance.

It will be observed that the pencil bears continnallyon the paper and produces a continuous line.

As shown in the drawings, the arrows indicate the movement of the parts on the entrance of another passenger, one having just witlr drawn and placed the block in normal position, the parts having therefore just moved in the opposite direction to that indicated by the arrows.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and de sire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a conveyance, of a pair of vertical shafts, (a a, having arms 5, extending at right angles thereto, barring the entrance to the conveyance, gear-wheels c c on the shafts working in unison, a plate, d, in which the shafts are jonrnaled at one end, brackets c, in which the shafts are journaled at the other end, a counter-shaft, g, operated by the shafts, having screw-thread g, a drum, 1?, a vertically-sliding pencil-holder or marker operated by the counter-shaft, and means for rotating the drum, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a conveyance, of a pair of vertical shafts, a 0, having arms 7), extending at right angles thereto, barring the entrance to the conveyance, wheels 0 0, working in unison on the ends of the shafts, having square bosses h, a plate, (I, in which the lower ends of the shafts are journaled, formed with projection j, a springbar, 2, bearing on the projection and bosses, acounter-shaft operated by the shafts, provided with a holder having a marker,and a drum,substantially as set forth.

The combination of a vertical shaft, a, having arms 1) at right angles thereto, and a recording device comprising a shaft, y, having screwbread 5 pencil-holder moved on said screw-thread, and a rotating drum having a surface on which the pencil draws a continuous line, for indicating the entrance and exit of passengers to or from the conveyance by the direction of the line, substantially as set forth.

4. A recording device consisting of a shaft, 1/, having screwlhread g, carrying a pencil holder, short screw-thread L, and means for rotating the shaft in either direction, sliding block m,having pin l, pivoted platep, pin-andslot connection between the block and plate, pawls q and r, and a drum, 1., having toothed rim 8, substantially as set forth.

5. In a recording device,the combination of a pencil-holder or marker, means for imparting movements thereto in opposite directions, a drum, on which the pencil or point of the marker draws a continuous line, and means for moving the drum in one direction once for each change of direction of movement of the pencil-holder or marker, substantially as set forth.

6. In a recording device, the combination of a drum provided with a band having lines forming spaces corresponding to the number of passengers carried in the coi'iveyance, a pencil holder or marker having means by which it is moved in one direction to record the entrance of each passenger, and in the opposite direction to record the exit of each passenger, and means for shifting the drum at each change of direction of the pencitholder or marker, substantially as set forth.

7. In a recording device,the combination of a drum moved periodically, provided with a band having lines forming spaces corresponding to the number of passengers carried in the conveyance, a pencil-holder or marker, and means for causing the pencifholder or marker to move one space in one direction on the entrance of each passenger, and one space in the opposite direction on the exit of each passenger, means for shifting the drum the distance of one space at each change of direction of the pencitholder or marker, and means for shifting the drum the extent of a space while the pencil-holder or marker is stationary, substautially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.lAMES l-iltjSET, J R.

\Vitnesscs:

Sr. (lorry Vincnni. DAY, H. nan if H A R1,

130th of 115 St. Vincent 825., Glasgow. 

